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Organic Chemistry Flashcards

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1
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What is crude oil?

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A mixture of molecules called hydrocarbons

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Where do we find crude oil?

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In rocks

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Is crude oil a finite or infinite resource?

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Finite

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How is crude oil formed?

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Crude oil is formed over millions of years from the remains of tiny sea creatures called plankton which were buried in mud.

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What is a hydrocarbon?

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Hydrocarbons are molecules made up of hydrogen and carbon atoms only.

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What is an alkane?

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A saturated hydrocarbon which have carbon atoms in chains linked by single bonds.

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What is the general formula of an Alkane?

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CnH₂n+₂

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What are the first four alkanes?

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Methane (smallest)
Ethane
Propane
Butane (largest)

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What does viscosity tell us?

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Tells us the thickness of a fluid

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What happens if the size of the hydrocarbons increases in terms of viscosity?

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As the size of the hydrocarbon molecules increases, the molecules get more viscous.

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What does flammability tell us?

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Tells us how easily a hydrocarbon combusts (burns)

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What happens if the size of the hydrocarbons increases in terms of flammability?

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As the size of the hydrocarbon molecules increases, the molecules get less flammable.

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What does the boiling point tell us?

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Tells us the temperature at which a liquid turns into a gas

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What happens if the size of the hydrocarbons increases in terms of boiling points?

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As the size of the hydrocarbon molecules increases, the boiling point also increases.

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How can hydrocarbons be used as fuel?

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Hydrocarbon fuels release energy when combusted. During combustion the carbon and hydrogen atoms in the fuel react with oxygen. The carbon and hydrogen are oxidised.

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What happens if the supply of oxygen is unlimited during combustion?

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Water and carbon dioxide are produced

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17
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What process can we use to separate hydrocarbons?

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Fractional distillation

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18
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Where does fractional distillation take place in?

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Large columns

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What are the stages of fractional distillation?

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-Firstly, the crude oil is heated to a very high temperature. This causes the crude oil to boil.
-The crude oil vapour is now fed into the fractional distillation column and the column is hotter at the bottom and cooler at the top.
-The hydrocarbon vapours now rise up the column and the hydrocarbons condense when they reach their boiling point.
-The liquid fractions are then removed.
-The remaining hydrocarbons continue moving up the column and these now condense when they reach their boiling points.

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What do fractions contain in fractional distillation?

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In fractional distillation crude oil is separated into fraction. Fractions contain hydrocarbons with a similar number of carbon atoms.

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Where do very long chain hydrocarbons get removed from in fractional distillation?

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At the bottom of the column because of their high boiling points.

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Where do very short chain hydrocarbons get removed from in fractional distillation?

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At the top of the column because of their low boiling points and they do not condense and they get removed as gases.

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23
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What types of fuel are fractions used as?

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-Petrol and diesel
-Kerosene
-Heavy fuel oil
-Liquified petroleum gas

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What is it meant by feedstock?

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A chemical that is used to make other chemicals.

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What types of feedstock are fractions used as?

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-Solvents
-Lubricants
-Detergents
-Polymers

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What is it meant by cracking?

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When a long-chain alkane is broken down (cracked) to produce smaller, more useful molecules.

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What are the two ways we can carry out cracking?

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Catalytic cracking
Steam cracking

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What are the conditions for catalytic cracking?

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-High temperature
-With a catalyst

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What are the conditions for steam cracking?

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-High temperature
-With steam

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What is it meant by an alkene?

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Unsaturated hydrocarbons with at least one carbon-to-carbon double bond.

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Why are alkenes useful?

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-They can be used to polymers.
-They are also used as a starting material for other useful chemicals as well.
-And they are more reactive than alkanes.

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How do we test for an alkene?

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By using bromine water if we shake our alkene with bromine water then the bromine water will turn colourless.

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(Triple only) What is the general formula of an alkene?

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CnH₂n

34
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(Triple only) Why are alkenes unsaturated molecules?

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Because alkenes have two fewer hydrogen atoms than the alkane with the same number of carbon atoms.

35
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(Triple only) What is it meant by a functional group?

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The part of a molecule that determines how it reacts.

36
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(Triple only) What is it meant by the homologous series?

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All members of a homologous series all have the same functional group and each molecule in the group has an extra carbon atom with two extra hydrogen atoms.

37
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(Triple only) What happens when we combust and alkene?

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We produce carbon dioxide and water and unburnt carbon particles as it is part of incomplete combustion which mean alkenes burn in air with a smoky flame.

38
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(Triple only) What are the conditions needed for hydrogenation?

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150∘C and a nickel catalyst

39
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(Triple only) What happens in hydrogenation?

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The hydrogen atoms add across the double bond and the carbon to carbon double bond is converted into a carbon to carbon single bond.

40
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(Triple only) What does reacting an alkene with hydrogen produce?

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An alkane

41
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(Triple only) What form does the water need to be in hydration?

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In form of steam

42
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(Triple only) What are the conditions for hydration?

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300∘C and the pressure around 70 atmospheres and phosphoric acid as a catalyst

43
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(Triple only) What are the main uses of alcohols?

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-Fuels
-Solvents
-Alcoholic drinks

44
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(Triple only) What is the alcohol functional group?

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OH

45
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(Triple only) What is the structural formula of Ethanol?

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CH₃CH₂OH

46
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(Triple only) What is the structural formula of Propanoal?

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CH₃CH₂CH₂OH

47
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(Triple only) What is the structural formula of Butanol?

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CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂OH

48
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(Triple only) What is an advantage of making ethanol through the hydration of ethene?

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The reaction produces a high yield of ethanol

49
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(Triple only) What is an disadvantage of making ethanol through the hydration of ethene?

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The reaction requires a high temperature in other words a lot of energy.

50
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(Triple only) What is another way of making ethanol besides Hydration?

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Fermentation

51
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(Triple only) How can we make ethanol through Fermentation?

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-We first start with a sugar solution such as glucose and we mix this with yeast.
-The yeast converts the sugar solution to a solution of ethanol. Carbon dioxide gas is also produced.

52
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(Triple only) What are the conditions for fermentation?

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30∘C and it must take place in anaerobic conditions (without oxygen)

53
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(Triple only) What are the advantages of producing ethanol via fermentation?

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-The low temperature means that the reaction does not require a lot of energy.
-The sugar for this reaction comes from plants and is therefore renewable.

54
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(Triple only) What is a disadvantage of producing ethanol via fermentation?

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-The product is an aqueous solution of ethanol (ethanol dissolved in water) and we then need to purify the ethanol by distillation and that requires energy.

55
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(Triple only) Describe the solubility of alcohols in water.

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-Alcohols are soluble in water and form neutral solutions.
-As the number of carbon atoms increases, the solubility decreases.

56
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(Triple only) What happens when alcohols react with oxidising agents?

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They produce a carboxylic acid and water

57
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(Triple only) What happens when alcohols react with sodium?

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We see bubbles of hydrogen gas being produced and the compound of sodium and an alcohol e.g. Sodium ethoxide.

58
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(Triple only) What is the functional group for a carboxylic acid?

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COOH

59
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(Triple only) What type of acid are carboxylic acids?

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Weak acids

60
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(Triple only) What happens when we react a carboxylic acid with an alcohol?

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We make a molecule called an ester and water.

61
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(Triple only) Why are Esters useful?

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Because they have a pleasant smell and because of that they are used in a lot in foods.

62
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(Triple only) What type of catalyst is used when we react a carboxylic acid with an alcohol?

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Sulfuric acid catalyst.

63
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(Triple only) What is a polymer made by?

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It is made by joining together thousand of small, identical molecules.

64
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(Triple only) What are monomers?

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Identical molecules

65
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(Triple only) What are the two different types of polymers?

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-Addition polymers
-Condensation polymers

66
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(Triple only) What are the monomers in addition polymers?

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Alkenes

67
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(Triple only) What type of bonds are there in addition polymers?

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The monomer has a double carbon to carbon bond but the polymer has single carbon to carbon bonds.

68
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(Triple only) What is the result if our monomer was ethene?

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We would have made poly(ethene)

69
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(Triple only) What are the monomers in condensation polymers?

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Two different monomers with the same functional group

70
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(Triple only) How many functional group do amino acid molecules have?

A

Two different functional groups

71
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(Triple only) What are the functional groups of amino acids?

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Amine group - H₂N
Carboxylic acid group - COOH

72
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(Triple only) What is the structural formula of Glycine?

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H₂NCH₂COOH

73
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(Triple only) What is it meant by polypeptide?

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If a polymer is made from only one type of amino acid, we call it a polypeptide.

74
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(Triple only) How do we form a protein?

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When we combined different amino acids into the same chain, we now call the polymer a protein.

75
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(Triple only) Where is DNA found?

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In almost all living organisms including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria and viruses.

76
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(Triple only) What is the role of DNA?

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DNA encodes the genetic instructions that living organisms need to develop and to function.

77
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(Triple only) What is the structure of DNA?

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Two polymer chains wrap around each other to form a double helix.

78
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(Triple only) What is a nucleotide?

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Two polymer chains made from monomers

79
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(Triple only) What are the four different nucleotide monomers?

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G, A, T, C

80
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(Triple only) What are some examples of naturally occurring polymers?

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Proteins - Polymers of amino acids
Starch - Polymer of glucose
Cellulose - Polymer of glucose

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